Architecture Portfolio 2022 - Aaron Miranda

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anmiranda636@gmail.com

718 905 9477

1625 Putnam Ave Apt 5D, Queens, NY 11385 10.23.96

EDUCATION

Aliso Niguel High School

Aaron Miranda -2010-2015 3.94 gpa

Saddleback Community College -2015-2016. part time 4.0 gpa Pratt Institute -2016-2021

-Bachelor of Architecture (B.arch) 3.58 gpa

WORK EXPERIENCE

Architectural Designer

Shinberg.Levinas , Washington, D.C. (remote), SU 22 - Present

Worked Primarialy on a high end residential apartment renovation in D.C.’s Watergate Complex. Taking the project from schematic design through to construction documents under the super vision of a licened architect. Also created diagrams, renders, and presentation materials for other projects.

Architectural Designer

GLUCK+, New York, NY, FA 21 - SU 22

Worked primarily on residential and mixed use projects in their schematic design and design de velopment phases. Prepared client renders, worked on facade design, foundation work, retail/ lobby design, and kitchen/ bathroom design and detailing.

Architect Intern

Andrade Architects, Laguna Beach, CA SU 19

Prepared renders and plans for client presentations. Translated surveyed measurements into digital 2D and 3D form. Worked on high end residential projects at different design phases, from early schematic design, design development, and editing redlined construction documents.

Architectural Research Assistant

Domestic Variants Research Project, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Worked with the Assistant Chairperson of Undergraduate Architecture Jason Lee developing prototype vacation homes for Croatia. The workflow was primarily research, graphical and diagrammatic in nature, investigating inventive ways to expand the architypic gable roof typology.

Fabricator

Center for Experimental Structures, Brooklyn, NY, FA 18- SP21

Participated in a small team of students and metal fabricators from Milgo Bufkin constructing an alluminunum sculptural instillation for Pratt Institutes sculpture garden. Designed much of the curved sculpture’s form work. Fabricated portions of its interlocking components.

Teaching Assistant

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Assissted in helping students develop their design proposals, aided in graphical/ drawing repre sentation and model fabrication. Sat in on reviews.

For Design 202 under Ajsmal Aqtash aaqtash@pratt.edu & Design 301 under Lawrence Zerot zeroth@pratt.edu

Architectural designer with over 1 year of professional experience. I have a keen interest in socially sensitive architecture, and projects that have a connection towards their surrounding environments, both built and natural. Most of my professional work experience has been in residential and mixed use projects, but I am ready and willing to adapt to whatever program or building typology is required. I’ve proven to be effective in dynamic, collaborative team work environments as well as being able to self manage tasks, deadlines, and project devel opment when working independently. I graduated from Pratt in 2021 with a B.arch where I developed a deep love of architecture, urban planning, art and design. I’m a skilled designer, renderer, and model maker excited to expand my knowledge and expertise in all aspects of the architectural process.

AWARDS

Presidential Merit-Based Scholarship 2016-2021

President’s List

SP_2017 SP_2018 SP_2019 FA_2019

Dean’s List

SP_2020 FA_2020 SP_2021

Michael Hollander

Drawing Excellence Award

FA_2016 FA_2017

“Best of 3rd Year” Design 301 drawing competion nominee and scholarship award winner

UA Advanced Design Studio Distinguished Project

Design 401 “Nomadic Homestead + Transiet Infrasturcture” for Rendering a Just Transition

Degree Project Awards Review Honorable Mention

“We Did it Our Way” Detroit, Michigan With Abhishek Thakkar

Design 403

“Paseo Del Norte Memorial and International Pedestrian Bridge” for Reforming the Social Space of our institutions

Skills Software Fabrication

Rhino AutoCAD Revit Grasshopper Photoshop Illustrator InDesign

INTERESTS

Cycling ‘ Cartography Motor sport Sci-fi Backpacking

V-ray Maxwell Enscape Twinmotion Premier Simplify 3d

Lasercutting 3D Printing Woodshop Foam cutting

Public Transit Urban Infrastructure Geography Affordable housing Public land

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Maintain structural integrity of building, site elements, and neighboring structures. Do not damage elements designated to remain.

All furniture shown is out of contract and for recommendation only.

All common areas in the building are to be protected and dust arriers insrtalled thrughout the entire period of demilition and construction.

All existing fan coil units are to be protected from construction dust and cleaned after construction. All fan coil units are to remain.

Install sound insulation in all bathroom walls.

Existing electrical panel is to remain unmodiified, its location unchanged. Contractor is to ensure all existing and new smoke detectors must be 120V with battery backup.

All existing firewalls that are damaged or exposed to cinderblock are to be restored to their original condition.

Drywall in all restroom locations to be waterproof.

All furniture shown is for reference only and is to be supplied by owner, unless otherwise noted.

OWNER

NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000

CIVIL ENGINEER

NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000

NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000

NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000

NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000

LIGHTING

NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000

KITCHEN FOOD SERVICE

NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000

VOICE DATA AV SECURITY

NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000

NUMBER STREET (NW) CITY, STATE ZIP NO.

CONSTRUCTION

The 193 Market st is a mixed-use development project located within the Four Corners Historic District in Newark, New Jersey atop the historic Paramount Theater. The proposed building is a 14-story residential tower sitting on a two-story podium for commercial and retail use with the deteriorating theater facade to be restored. The remaining frontage along Market Street will consist of a new contextual facade that keeps with the materiality and rhythm of Newark’s central business district. The second street frontage of the building is located on Beaver street, a narrow side street, to be used as the main residential and service access point.

The residential tower endeavors to, on the one hand give deference to the low-rise streetscape building fabric, and on the other to participate in the dynamic Newark skyline. One way this is achieved through a careful sculpting of the residential tower, shift ing its mass away from Market Street and opening it up to the light and air of the district. Only 41 linear feet of the residential portion of the building faces Market Street directly which itself is set back a minimum of 10’ from the street wall. The volume of the residential building is then chiseled into a series of receding facets so that no single surface is greater than 30’ wide providing every unit at least one corner window. These surfaces are further articulated into vertical bands of masonry piers and windows which reflect the vertical banding and crenelated roof profiles characteristic of the historic facades of the Newark skyline. The overall effect is a restored and enhanced downtown streetscape with a dynamic and contextual modern skyline.

The overall building is sixteen stories and has a total of 281,000 gross square feet, housing 241 apartments varying from stu dio to 2-bedroom units, 25% of which are affordable. There is a total of 50,340 SF of retail space on the first and second floor.

ALLOWABLE BUILDING ENVELOPE

FACADE PULLED AWAY FROM PARAMOUNT

PROPOSED BUILDING ENVELOPE MINIMIZES PRESENCE OF TOWER ON MARKET STREET

ARCHITECTURE | SKYLINE – BACKGROUND – TOWER DESIGN

PRIMARY BUILDING TOPOGRAPHY

SECONDARY BUILDING TOPOGRAPHY

EXISTING NEWARK SKYLINE

ACTUAL PROPOSED BUILDING ENVELOPE

PARAMOUNT | 193 MARKET STREET | NEWARK NEW JERSEY

FROM MARKET, 744 BROAD AND 24 COMMERCE CREATE BACKGROUND AND ICONIC CRENELLATED SKYLINE

PROPOSED BUILDING CONTRIBUTES TO SKYLINE AND MERGES WITH BACKGROUND

SETBACKS AND FACADE ARTICULATION BREAK UP THE MASS CONTRIBUTING TO RICHLY TEXTURED BACKGROUND

PARAMOUNT | 193 MARKET STREET | NEWARK NEW JERSEY ARCHITECTURE | BEAVER STREET VIEW - NORTH PARAMOUNT | 193 MARKET STREET | NEWARK NEW JERSEY 1.2 massing diagram

SKYLINE WITH PROPOSED PARAMOUNT CONTRIBUTION

fig 7.10-11 linear kitchen (left) L kitchen (right) elevation/ plan

fig 1.9-11 unit plan (bottom left) + kitchen renders (top + bottom right) of liner kitchen

fig 1.12-14 unit plan (bottom left) + kitchen renders (top + bottom right) of L kitchen

>The Watergate < Apartment Renovation

This large two story apartment is located in the historic Watergate Complex in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington DC. The client’s request was to remove unnecessary par titions and most ceiling lights/ soffts to lighten common spaces up and be able to display their collection of designer furniture and floor lighting fixtures. Along with the more streamlined layout a new mo tif of wood paneling will be placed along the unit’s walls and closets. New wooden built in cabinets, fireplaces, and wall mounted storage will be integrated into the perimeters of the rooms. Concealed hing es, flush doors, and visually low impact pulls are key design elements used to create a sophisticated , light look and feel to the apartment.

Designed and developed this project from SD through to CD mostly independently with help and oversight from a licensed architect. Contacted client directly, researched fixtures and finishes, and completed drawing sets + schedules. Produced with Revit + Enscape

existing partition (variable width) EZJAMB ISD door jamb (variable width)

DOOR SCHEDULE

1'-11

7'-11 1/2"

existing partition (variable width)EZJAMB ISD door jamb (variable width)door as sched.

finish to match exising walls

1/8"

11/16" 1/8" 1/4"

RocYork RY80, (3) per door

5/8" 5/8" 1 3/8" 2 1/4" 1" 1/2"

(2) 5/8" drywall 1'-9" 1/2" wood laminated panel

custom hardwood jamb4" metal stud 1/8" 3/4" cont. bronze strip laminated around edge of panels, typ.

1/4" 1/2"

Nanz hinge #3001, (2) per door 1/4" WP-1

~6" exising partition V.I.F. 2'-0"

door as sched.

WP-1 WP-1

new wall door jamb assemblies match existing partion width 5/8" drywall

WP-1

1'-9" 1/2" wood laminate panels

8'-0"

100 Foyer

1-1/2"

100 Foyer

100 Foyer (2) Nanz Hinge #3001 finish tbd (2) Nanz Hinge #3001 finish tbd 2'-6" 7'-11 1/2"

strip oak to match wood panels (2) Nanz Hinge #3001 finish tbd 7'-11 1/2" 5 104 Living Dining Room masonite flush door 1-3/4" solid core EZY JAMB ISD PT-1 match exising walls (3) RocYork RY80 Concealed Hinge finish tbd 6'-8"

# LOCATION TYP DOOR MAT. FRAME FINISH HARDWARE 1 flush door 1-1/2" solid core 1/8" bronze strip oak to match wood panels DOOR SIZE REMARKS (2) Pivot Hinge Adjustable Spring Loaded Lock and Handle PV-2040-WH (000) 000-0000

masonite flush door 1-3/4" solid

masonite flush door 1-3/4" solid

EZY JAMB ISD EZY JAMB ISD

7/8" (000) 000-0000

1/4" reveal @ top and bottomnew marble floor 1/4" reveal @ top and bottom adjustable spring loaded pivot hinge @ top and bottom see specs 01 FLOOR 0'-0" varies see schedule 8'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" Nanz hinge #3001, (2) per door 1/4" reveal @ top and bottom 1/4" reveal @ top and bottom 01 FLOOR 0'-0" varies see schedule EZYJAMB ISD flush to match wall finish RocYork RY80, (3) per door 1/8" reveal all sides new marble floor 02 FLOOR 10'-7 1/4" 8'-2" 1/4" reveal @ top and bottom 1/4" reveal @ top and bottom new wood floor adjustable spring loaded pivot hinge @ top and bottom new 3/4" gypsum board @ 8'-2" a.f.f. 2'-6 7/16" 1/16" door as sched. cont. 1/8" 3/4" bronze strip laminated around all edges of panel. recess door panel 1/4" from face of bronze 1/8" clearence gap between closet doors adjustable spring loaded pivot hinge see sched WP-1 1/8" 1/8" 1/8" 1/8" 1/8" 1/8" STATE AND

2'-8 7/8" 7-11 1/2" 2'-8 7/8" 7-11 1/2"

6 105 Bedroom flush door 1-1/2" solid core 1/8" bronze strip oak to match wood panels 2'-6" 7'-11 1/2" 7 flush door 1-1/2" solid core 1/8" bronze strip oak to match wood panels 8 flush door 1-1/2" solid core 1/8" bronze strip oak to match wood panels (2) Pivot Hinge Adjustable Spring Loaded Lock and Handle PV-2040-WH 2'-8 7/8" 7-11 1/2" 9 flush door 1-1/2" solid core 1/8" bronze strip oak to match wood panels (2) Pivot Hinge Adjustable Spring Loaded Lock and Handle PV-2040-WH 10 flush door 1-1/2" solid core 1/8" bronze strip oak to match wood panels (2) Pivot Hinge Adjustable Spring Loaded Lock and Handle PV-2040-WH 11 113 Prayer Space flush door 1-1/2" solid core 1/8" bronze strip oak to match wood panels (2) Pivot Hinge Adjustable Spring Loaded Lock and Handle PV-2040-WH 2'-6 1/4" 8-1 1/2" 12 flush door 1-1/2" solid core 1/8" bronze strip oak to match wood panels (2) Pivot Hinge Adjustable Spring Loaded Lock and Handle PV-2040-WH 5/16" 8- 1/2" 13 flush door 1-1/2" solid core 1/8" bronze strip oak to match wood panels (2) Pivot Hinge Adjustable Spring Loaded Lock and Handle PV-2040-WH 14 flush door 1-1/2" solid core oak to match wood panels (2) Pivot Hinge Adjustable Spring Loaded Lock and Handle PV-2040-WH 15 114 Guest Bedroom oak to match wood panels 16 106 W.I.C oak to match wood panels 2'-4" 6'-8"

1/4" 1 1/8"

1/2" 2" 1/4" 1/2"

1/2" wood laminated panel typ. door 2'-8"

door as sched. 5/8"" drywall

1/4" 1/2" 1/4"2-1/2" metal stud custom hardwood jamb

01 FLOOR 0'-0"

flush door bedroom see door schedule finish to match exist walls F6

existing ceiling @ 8'0" a.f.f.

5'-2 3/4" 2'-9 5/16"

1'-5"

1" 1'-3 5/16"

8'-0" 2'-0"2'-0"2'-0"2'-2"2'-2"

5 1" F1 F1

A221A221 2'-0 9/16"

1'-10 3/4" 50" flat screen 1" metal grey backing

2'-4"

all panels 5/8" WP-1 1'-0"

exisitng celing @8'-0" a.f.f. all panels 5/8" WP-1

shift in wall angle wall bumb out new 3/4" WP-1wood veneer panel over existing wall

1" metal grey backing

2" 1'-4" 2" 1'-6 3/4" 2'-3 3/8"

A221 all panels/ closet doors 5/8"

A221

STATE

(000)

1/2" WP-1 over existing wall

A221 F1F1

01 FLOOR 0'-0"

WP-1 panels 5/8" WP-1

5'-0" 4"

WP-1 panels

3'-0" 1'-7"1'-7"1'-7"1'-7"1" 1"

2'-7"

PT-1 PT-1 beyond2" WP-1 beyond

1"

(000)

(000)

NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000

NUMBER STREET (NW) CITY, STATE ZIP

STATE AND ZIP (000)

(000)

1'-2 7/8" 3/4" 12'-4 9/16" 87.80° 3/4" panel WP-1 over exising wall exist partitions see specs for dim see specs for dim V.I.F. 1'-11 1/4" V.I.F.9" V.I.F. 4'-2 5/8" 6'-1 13/16" 182.20° 1" 1" metal backing over exising wall finish tbd. 6 A221 A221 90.00° shelf backing 5/8" panels all cabinet dividers perpendicular to face 5/8" 5/8" 1" F6 1'-7 3/4" 1'-6 13/16"11 11/16" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0 9/16" 1'-6 3/4" vent up roof exising partitions 87.80° FIXTURE SCHEDULE MARK FIXTURE TYPE LOCATION MANUFACTURER/ MODEL QTY. FINISH NOTES F1 CABINET PULL LIVING DINING ROOM, KITCHEN, BEDROOM, PRAYER ROOM SUMNER STREET RL063224 MATTE BLACK F2 CABINET HINGE F3 CABINET HINGE LIVING DINING ROOM, KITCHEN, BEDROOM LIVING DINING ROOM, KITCHEN, BEDROOM, PRAYER ROOM EVERBUILT #9235951INSET CHROME CHROME EVERBUILT #H32636E-NP-CP FULL OVERLAY F4 CABINET HINGE LIVING DINING ROOM BLUM #BP91M25521180 FULL OVERLAY TBD. NICKLE F5 WINE FRIDGE LIVING DINING ROOM LANDMARK #L3024UI1WPR PANEL READY WINE FRIDGE TBD. TBD. TBD. WP-1 RIGHT HINGE F6 FIREPLACE LIVING DINING ROOM WOODLAND DIRECT #M72600013 SIDED FIREPLACE N/A SEE OWNERS MANUAL F7 SINK LIVING DINING ROOM TBD TBD. F8 2" DOWNLIGHT BEDROOM TBD TBD. F9 MURPHY BED GUEST BEDROOM TBD TBD. F10 WALL MOUNTED SINK POWEDER ROOM BADELOFT #WT-04-E WHITE GLOSSY F11 SINK FAUCET POWEDER ROOM TBD TBD. F12 MIRROR BATH TBD F13 WALL MOUNTED SINK BATH TBD FINISH SCHEDULE MARK FINISH MANUFACTURER LINE COLOR/ SIZE NOTES MARBLE FLOORING TBD TBD. T-2 TBD. BRICK BOND, SIZE TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD T-1 WD-1 PT-1 PT-2 PL-1 WP-1 CERAMIC TILE WOOD FLOOR PAINT TBD SHERWIN WILLIAMS CUSTOM MILLWORK Approved sample TBD. EXISING FINISH OR TO MATCH EXISING LAUNDRY ROOM/ BRICK PAINT MR-1 MIRROR TBD 01 FLOOR 0'-0" 3/4" wood panels fastened to exsing substrate WP-1 existing collumn/ partition new 1/2" marble floor exising concrete slab floor 5/8" dry wall ceeiling @ 7'-10" a.f.f. paint PT-1 V.I.F. 4'-0" cont. construction adhesive, typ. light guage steel angle at o.c. exising concrete ceiling pindrive anchor @ 18" o.c. drive 1/2" into concrete metal cross framing @ 24" o.c. cont. steel runner chanel 01 FLOOR 0'-0" 02 FLOOR 10'-7 1/4" new 2" metal handrail 02 FLOOR 10'-7 1/4" SEAL ISSUES 5101 Wisconsin Ave #310 Washington, DC 20016 202.244.5101 202.244.5363 Designs and drawings are protected by copyright, and may not reused, copied reproduced without the expressed written consent of the entity above. Copyright 2018 Shinberg/Levinas Architectural Design Inc. rights reserved worldwide CIVIL ENGINEER MEP STRUCTURAL ENGINEER GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER LIGHTING NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP 2'-9 3/4"

AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000

000-0000 Shinberg Levinas Architectural Design Inc. KITCHEN FOOD SERVICE NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 VOICE DATA AV SECURITY NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 OWNER NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP 4'-4" 3/4" 0" 1'-7 1/4" 1'-5"

PROJECT NAME NUMBER STREET (NW) CITY, STATE ZIP NO. ISSUE DATE SCALE: 3" = 1'-0" 1 100 Foyer typ. panel section SCALE: 3" = 1'-0" 2 105 Bedroom typ. panel door section SCALE: 1" = 1'-0" 3 100 Foyer cabinet section SCALE: = 1'-0" 4 103 Kitchen cabinet section SCALE: 1" = 1'-0" 5 104 Bar Section BEDROOM/ FOYER SIDE SCALE: 1" = 1'-0" 6 104 TV cabinet section SCALE: 1" = 1'-0" 7 104 FIREPLACE SECTION SCALE: 1" = 1'-0" 8 102 Counter top section SCALE: 1" = 1'-0" 12 113 Prayer space closet section 01 FLOOR 0'-0" 3'-3 13/16" 7'-10" A221 new 3/4" WP-1 wood veneer over existing wall new 2" drywall ceiling @ 7'10" a.f.f. LED strip lights 1/2" WP-1 closet interior all panels 5/8" WP-1 1'-11 13/16"2'-0 3/4"3'-1 15/16" 2'-6" 3'-0" exist. entry door to be flush with face of new wood vanner panels to be installed over exising walls 17 new 2" downlight F8 A222 01 FLOOR 0'-0" new 3/4" wood veneer over existing wall new 5/8" drywall ceiling @ 7'10" a.f.f. all panels/ closet doors 5/8" WP-1 with 1/8" bronze laminated strip around all edges LED strip lights 2 8'-0" Existing 5/8" drywall ceiling @ 8'-0" a.f.f. 8 3/4" 1/8" 2'-0" 1/8" 2'-0" 1/8" 2'-0" 1/8" 5/8" 5/8" total width panel with 1/8" bronze laminated around edges of panel edge against exisiting wall have 3/4" bronze strip 1/4" 7'-11 1/2" 1/4"01 FLOOR 0'-0" 7'-11 1/2" 7'-10" closet interior all panels/ doors 5/8" WP-1 new 2" drywall ceiling @ 7'10" a.f.f. LED strip lights 3/4" WP-1 veneer over existing walls existing 2" drywall ceiling @ 8'-0" a.f.f. A221 1'-9"1'-9"2'-0" 4 1/8" 1/8"1/8"1/8"1/8"1/8" 1'-9" new door to powder room see sched 1'-9" total width panel with 1/8" bronze laminated around edges of panel edge against exisiting wall to have 3/4" bronze strip 3/4" 01 FLOOR 0'-0" 2" 1'-6" 1 1/2" 2'-10 1/2" F5 WP-1 panel doors mirror new 3/4" WP-1 wood veneer over existing wall 2'-3 3/8" new bar/ kitchen storage all WP-1 1" 1" 1" 2'-0 1/8" 11 1/4" 1'-4" WP-1 F1 A222 01 FLOOR 0'-0"

NO. ISSUE DATE SCALE: 3/4" = 1'-0" 1 104 Living room fireplace plan opening for fireplace F6 SCALE: 3/4" = 1'-0" 2 104 Living room fireplace plan upper cabinets SCALE: 3" = 1'-0" 3 Base Detail Panels over Exising Walls SCALE: 3" = 1'-0" 4 TYP. Ceiling section detail SCALE: 3/4" = 1'-0" 5 104 Staircase section SCALE: 1" = 1'-0" 6 112 Floating dresser section 01 FLOOR 0'-0" new 1/2" marble floor, tbd existing concrete slab floor 1/4" reveal @ top bottom of panels 1/2" wood laminated panel existing partition 1/4" reveal @ top the panels, typ. LED strip light as sched. 5/8" drywall ceiliing 2" 3" cont. 1/8" 3/4" bronze strip laminated around all edges of panel. recess panel 1/4" from face of bronze A222 01 FLOOR 0'-0" 5/8" drywall ceiling LED strip light as sched. 1/4" reveal @ top of the panels, typ. exisitng ceiling @ 8'-0" a.f.f. door as sched. 1-1/2" wood laminated panel new 1/2" marble floor, tbd1/4" reveal @ bottom/ top of the panels, typ. exisiting concrete slab floor 3" 1/16" 01 FLOOR 0'-0" existing conctrete slab new 1/2" marble floor tbd. 1" wood laminated panels 3/4"11"1" 1" 2'-11" 2" recessed downlight F8 new ceiling @ 7'10" a.f.f. existing partition 1"x4" 2"x4" 01 FLOOR 0'-0" F1 1/4" reveal 4" toe kick new 1/2" marble floor tbd. exisitng ceiling @ 8'-0" a.f.f. existing conctrete slab existing partition 2'-6" 5'-0" 5/8" wood veneer panel WP-1 1" WP-1 1"x4" 1 1/2" 11 3/4" 1/2" 1'-5 3/4" 1'-6" 5/8" backing F2 4" 01 FLOOR 0'-0" MR-1 existing partition new 1/2" marble floor tbd. exisitng ceiling @ 8'-0" a.f.f. F1 1/4" reveal 5/8" wood veneer panel WP-1 4" 1" 2'-5 1/2" 5'-1 1/2" 3/4"1/2" 1'-1 1/4" 1/2" 3" 4" toe kick 1'-8" F2 01 FLOOR 0'-0" exising parition new 1/2" marble floor tbd. 1/4" reveal 1/4" reveal F2 5/8" backing 1x4 F2 F4 1/4" reveal WP-1 5/8" WP-1 1'-10" 5/8" 1'-7 3/8" 5/8" 3/4" 5/8" 55" flat screen tv exising ceiling @ 8'-0" a.f.f. F1 metal backin material tbd 1 1/8" 5/8" 6" 5/8" 1" 5/8" F6 beyond 01 FLOOR 0'-0" NOTE: there can be no weight bearing onto the fireplace. All construction above the fireplace must be self supporting. No drywall screws into the metal of the fireplace. 2'-9 5/16" 1'-3 5/16" 1" 1'-5" make hearth flush with top of shelf @ 1'-6" a.f.f. see specs for exact dimension 6 5/8" 1x2 1x4 5/8" 1'-6 3/8" 5/8" 3/4" 5/8" 6" 5/8" 1/4" reveal 1/4" reveal 1" F6 vent to rigid adaptor restrictor plate 6" vent up to roof see specs for details 1/4" reveal 01 FLOOR 0'-0" exisitng sofit be removed exisitng ceiling @ 8'-0" a.f.f. new ceiling to be flush with exsiting ceiling @ 8'-0" a.f.f. new waterfall CT finish tbd. 02 FLOOR 10'-7 1/4" pivot hinge, see specs 3/4" gymsum board @ 8'-2" a.f.f. paint white 1x10 door as sched. 1/2" wood laminated panel cont. 1/8" 3/4" bronze strip laminated around all edges of panel. recess panel 1/4" from face of bronze 6'-10 3/4" existing 3'-0" window @ 6'-10 3/4" a.f.f. VIF pivot hinge, see sched. 1/2" wood laminated panel closet interior closet interior cont. 1/8" 3/4" bronze strip laminated around all edges of panel. recess panel 1/4" from face of bronze 1/2" new marble floor tbd. exising partion exising partion 3/4" gymsum board @ 8'-2" a.f.f. paint white FIXTURE SCHEDULE FINISH SCHEDULE MARK FINISH MANUFACTURER LINE COLOR/ SIZE NOTES MARBLE FLOORING TBD TBD. T-2 TBD. BRICK BOND, SIZE TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD T-1 WD-1 PT-1 PT-2 PL-1 WP-1 CERAMIC TILE WOOD FLOOR PAINT TBD SHERWIN WILLIAMS CUSTOM MILLWORK Approved sample TBD. EXISING FINISH OR TO MATCH EXISING LAUNDRY ROOM/ BRICK PAINT MR-1 MIRROR TBD ISSUES THIS AREA RESERVED FOR DCRA STAMPS 5101 Wisconsin Ave #310 Washington, DC 20016 202.244.5101 202.244.5363 Designs and drawings are protected by copyright, and may not reused, copied reproduced without the expressed written consent of the entity above. Copyright 2018 Shinberg/Levinas Architectural Design Inc. rights reserved worldwide CIVIL ENGINEER MEP STRUCTURAL ENGINEER GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER LIGHTING NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 Shinberg Levinas Architectural Design Inc. KITCHEN FOOD SERVICE NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 VOICE DATA AV SECURITY NAME NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. NO. CITY, STATE AND ZIP (000) 000-0000 OWNER NAME NUMBER, STREET, F6 A222

000-0000 NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT NAME 3/4" wood panels over exsing walls/ collumns WP-1

NO.

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Columbia University Faculty Housing<

With an original building completion date in the early 20th century, this Columbia University owned apartment complex in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan had an outdated floor plan and no known existing drawings. The goal of this apartment renovation was to redesign the entire existing layout, removing all walls, reducing the bedroom count by 1, adding a powder room and den, and generously expand the size of the kitchen and most bathrooms. Updating all fixtures, wall finishes, and floor finishes in the process. The floorplan was drafted in CAD after laser measured on site. This apartment is intended to accommodate a senior faculty member and their family.

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

1.ALL THE DIMENSIONS RESOLVED BY ARCHITECT 2.CONTRACTOR TO TO COMMENCEMENT

3.EXISTING DEMISING CONTRACTOR TO 4.CONTRACTOR TO ORDERING ANY MATERIAL

GENERAL NOTES:

1.ALL CLOSETS TO HAVE SHELVES AND RAILS PER 08/A-650 UNO. CLOSET(S) WITH DOUBLE ROD/SHELF ARE NOTED.

2.LINEN CLOSETS TO HAVE KNAPE AND VOGT 233ZC18 PILASTER STANDARDS WITH MIN (8) ADJ. MELAMINE SHELVES OR 82/182 WITH 10.5" BRACKETS AND (8) 12" ADJ. MELAMINE SHELVES IF CLOSET IS GREATER THAN 24" IN WIDTH

3.KNAPE AND VOGT STANDARD AND BRACKET AND (8) ADJUSTABLE MELAMINE SHELVES AT PANTRY 908 AND CLOSET 909

4.PROVIDE BLOCKING FOR FIXED AND ADJUSTABLE CLOSET SHELVING

5.ALL BATHROOM AND KITCHEN WINDOWS TO HAVE STONE SILLS 6.ALL RADIATORS TO HAVE REMOVABLE OR FREE-STANDING RADIATOR COVERS PER PLAN AND A-650

7.PROVIDE WATERPROOF PAN BELOW WASHER/DRYER WITH WATER SENSOR ZONE VALVE AUTO PLUMBING SHUT OFF

5.PATCH ALL AREAS, BY REMOVAL AND 6.CONTRACTOR TO MULLIONS, AND SEALANT,

CONSTRUCTION

GENERAL

1.TENANT SHAREHOLDER FLOOR COVERING INSTALLATION OF 2.ALL NEW WALL FRAMING ATTENUATION INSULATION BLOCKING OR OTHER BE COMPOSED OF TREATED ON SITE.

3.ALL WALLS MUST PATCHED OR PLASTERED FIRE RATING OF ALL 4.UPON REMOVAL OF SURFACES ARE COMPLETELY BASEBOARDS. THE MAINTAINED. THIS SOUND RATINGS

5.PROVIDE FULL WATERPROOFING

WOOD FLOOR JOISTS.

LATICRETE (HYDROBAN OF WP LOCATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS

WALLS OVER DRY ANY MESH/FABRIC

NOTE ALL KITCHEN DIMENS ONS TO

VERIFIED

SADDLES MUST BE AND SHOWERS, WATERPROOFING MUST BE INSPECTED THAT ALL EDGES POCKETS AND CAVITIES

6.PROVIDE FULL SOUNDPROOFING

SOUNDPROOFING

OF NOT LESS THAN WITH ASTM E 492, IN COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION. UNDERLAYMENT SPECIFICATIONS BUILDING. WE HAVE SOUNDPROOFING

NOTE THAT THE EXISTING UNDER WET CONDITIONS SOUNDPROOFING BY THE NEW YORK PROPOSED, THICKER ARE RECOMMENDED.

7.ONLY WATER BASED

8.DUST CONTAINMENT NEGATIVE PRESSURE 9.PROVIDE ACCESS ACCESS DOOR FOR

D1 2'-10"7'

PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY 901D3 (2) 2'-2" 7" 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--SLIDING 902D3 (2) 2'-0" 7' 0" PRIMEDPRIMED--SLIDING 903D12'-0"7'

0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER3 904D12'-10"7'

0"PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY 905D5 (2) 2'-6" 7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER4 906 D4 3'-8"7' 0" PRIMEDPRIMED--POCKET 907D12'-10"7'

0"PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY 908 D2 (2) 3'-0" 7' 0" PRIMEDPRIMED-- DUMMY LEVER 909D12'-10"7'

0"PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY 910D12'-10"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER3 911D12'-10"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY 912 D2 (2) 3'-0" 7' 0" PRIMEDPRIMED-- DUMMY LEVER 913D52'-6"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER3 914 D2 (2) 2'-0" 7' 0" PRIMEDPRIMED-- DUMMY LEVER 915D4 (2) 3'-2" 7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--POCKET 916D12'-10"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER3 917D62'-0"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED-- PULL 918 D1 2'-10"7' 0" PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY 919D2 (2) 2'-6" 7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER4 920D12'-10"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY 921D12'-6"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER3 922HM3'-0"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED90 MINFPSCUNIT ENTRY 1 923-3'-0"7' 6"GLASSGLASS--SHOWER DOOR-

DOOR SCHEDULE

901D3

7 902D3

PRIMEDPRIMED--SLIDING 7 903D12'-0"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER3 904D12'-10"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY 2 905D5 (2) 2'-6" 7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER4 906 D4 3'-8"7' 0" PRIMEDPRIMED--POCKET 6 907D12'-10"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY 2 908 D2 (2) 3'-0" 7' 0" PRIMEDPRIMED-- DUMMY LEVER 4 909D12'-10"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY 2 910D12'-10"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER3 911D12'-10"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY 2 912 D2 (2) 3'-0" 7' 0" PRIMEDPRIMED-- DUMMY LEVER 4 913D52'-6"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER3 914 D2 (2) 2'-0" 7' 0" PRIMEDPRIMED-- DUMMY LEVER 4 915D4 (2) 3'-2" 7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--POCKET 6 916D12'-10"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED--DUMMY LEVER3 917D62'-0"7' 0"PRIMEDPRIMED-- PULL 8 918 D1 2'-10"7' 0" PRIMEDPRIMED--PRIVACY

101 Market Street is a mixed-use development project located in the Four Corners Historic District of Newark, New Jersey at a key intersection connecting the Teachers Village neighborhood to University Heights/ Military Park through the city’s center. The proposed building is a 14-story residential tower and includes a one-story commercial/retail base. The inherent chamfered corner lot produces a building massing that naturally draws the urban dweller’s eyes North up Washington Street creating a ‘Gateway’ at the intersection of Market and Washington St into the city and neighborhoods beyond.

The overall design strategy takes its cues from the immedi ate surroundings and landmarked buildings within the Four Corners Historic District. The façade articulation of the building is a direct reference to the classical tripartite (base, middle and top) parti seen in many adjacent landmarked buildings. The retail base is setback a few feet from the property line and acts as an ‘arcade’ of cast stone and glass, widening the sidewalk and creating a generous street plaza, enhancing the pedestrian experience.

The lighter ‘middle’ portion of the structure is contrast ed from the darker base both in color and texture, mimicking the sculpting and ‘push and pull’ of solid masonry elements commonly seen throughout the district. Darker horizontal spandrels contrast ed by varying widths and heights of vertical piers produces a rich ‘weaving’ effect and an overall dynamic presence at this intersection. The structures top is a full story “cornice” of additional apartments and amenity spaces distinguished from the middle floors by a change in material colors and slight setback.

The overall building has a total of 242,923 gross square feet, housing 234 apartments varying from studio to 3-bedroom units, 25% of which are affordable. There is a total of 12,918 SF of retail space on the first floor.

4.2 diagramatic render looking down washington st

Taking formal inspiration from the surrounding historic district architectural motifs. The façade’s weave pattern was derived by studying early 20th century masonry patterns. Particularly their tendency to have varying pilaster widths and varying colors that layer on top of one another.

north facade elevation

facade iteration redlining

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS | FIRST FLOOR PLAN (NTS)

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS | TYPICAL 6TH TO 12TH FLOOR PLAN (NTS)

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residential entry street render

Did It Our Way<

With Abhishek Thakkar

Detroit has too much land for too few people. The project is a design mechanism that invigorates bottom-up ur ban development as a way to retool Detroit’s deteriorating urban fabric that uses the city’s overabundance of land and unclaimed material as a basis of expansion and new construction.

What we are proposing is a program for community growth that corresponds to the desire of the individuals that compose it, and involves their own labor in order to push forth a generative economy. Thus our proposal emerges from the voluntary investment of the community’s own labor and its enthusiasm and ambition to improve their urban conditions and lives. Detroit is its own largest landlord, with plenty of its suburban outskirts and single family zoned areas being a mix between empty parcels, owned homes, and abandoned homes in varying conditions that are in de facto ownership of the munici pal government. Within this context of widespread poverty and unemployment in the city, many of the more desperate residents have developed their own subculture of scrapping and disman tling unclaimed homes, and selling these materials in a well established system of illicit markets.

By transforming these assets from a collection of unused and deteriorating spaces hoarded by the municipal government into a set of public materials that can be com mandeered by the citizens of the city, a new informal system of labor and exchange can emerge if this land can be distributed to individuals.

The people of Detroit don’t have the economic means to invest in their own communities and homes. Economic activ ity and potential growth is stopped in its tracks by the lack of capital investment average citizens of the city can provide. But the city can provide access to its vast collection of foreclosed parcels, homes, factories, and commercial spaces.

By transforming these assets from a collection of unused and deteriorating spaces hoarded by the municipal government into a set of public materials that can be comman deered by the citizens of the city, a new informal system of labor and exchange can emerge where land and material can be sold, combined, and reconfigured.

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boxing house

boxing

boxing house upper

fig 5.7 parcel proccess

fig 5.8 Detroit block site plan before (left) after (right)

fig 5.13 scrapping+ expansion/ land use possibilities of blighted home fig 5.14 informal materials market

Romdane family home physical model

5.18-19 squash court home expansion

fig 5.20 Brush St Body Shop section

fig 2.22 Stephens’ Bed & Breakfast street perspective

fig 5.21 Romdane Family Home plans

fig 2.23 Coy Home + community greenhouse section

fig 2.24 Coy Home + community greenhouse plans

MEMORIAL + INTERNATIONAL

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE<

In 1917 the United States opened its first controlled border crossing along the southern border between El Paso and Juarez justified by the anxieties of the Mexican Revolution, World War 1 and racial mixing. The Paseo Del Norte crossing used misery and humiliation as its deterrence to the movement of Mexican nationals, creating a mandatory sanitation check point where the scape goat of lice and typhoid were used to force migrants to bathe in kerosene, shave their heads, burn their clothing, be coated in pesticides, and be subject to random searches of head and genital hair to pass through.

The Paseo Del Norte Memorial and International Pedestrian Brdige is intented to be a space that recons with the forgotten history of the site. Built on the site of the old border crossing (now a parking lot for US Customs and Border Protec tion’s current operation), the complex uses the demolished shed and truss bridge as the main formal inspiration, resuscitating in part what has been intentionally buried. Across the complex commemorative marks pay respect to specific moments of bru tality and inhumanity in the sites history, such as the jail holo caust which killed 27 Mexican nationals, the bath riots that saw the public execution of 3 Mexican nationals, or the mysterious disappearances of Mexican civil rights leaders in the complexes jail cells. With the history reflected on this site being a trauma that is shared between communities separated by a national border the space is intented to be a shared international com plex with access and moments of remembrance on both sides of the rio grade, while also constructing a new conventional international pedestrian bridge that inauspiciously hangs over the old shed sight as a reminder that much of the same strug gles persist.

fig 6.1 memorial section

fig 3.4 memorial section

fig 6.5 memorial street render

fig 6.6 memorial complex render

fig 6.7 jail holocaust memorial

fig 6.8 bath riots memorial

>Columbia University

Rowing Facility+ <

For a large majority of it’s existence, Columbia Uni versity has had an unstable, and unsavory relationship with its immediate neighbors in Harlem. And as Columbia continues to expand its campus and private landholdings in northern Manhattan, many of the area’s residents are openly up in arms against the school, labeling it a force of gentrification and displacement that has ruined their communities with the heavy hand of the Ivory Tower caring little about their working class neighboring residents. Perception was a crucial aspect for this extension of Columbia’s current athletic complex on the north ern tip of Manhattan, and with current political push back against the now being constructed Manhattaniville campus extension close buy reaching a boiling point, designing a new rowing athletic complex that would be seen as a net positive for the community was the key driving factor.

Being asked to implement a public program of our choosing with excess space left on the site, the decision was made to add Pre-k for all school, a newly established public edu cation program that had no presence in the immediate area, and provides direct to the working class families of the community while being relevant to Columbia as an educational institution.

The organization of the project is founded on the concept of extending components surrounding the site directly into the project as a symbolic gesture for the complex being open, accessible, and for the public, with a canal injecting itself into the center of the project, and earth from the hill behind spilling into the accessible roof. Interior organization is split into two distinct circulation and structural systems to keep both the spaces for the rowing athletes and pre-school attendees in constant near contact and dependence but never direct access. Most rowing facility components are suspended on large tension masts placed on moments where both program functions in tersect, while pre-school classrooms and auxiliary components are placed on raised/leveled earth in a traditional compression structure. The facade of the project is composed of mirror coated metal cladding and glass to project its transparency and reflection of the surrounding site in various manners.

7.1 long section

fig 7.2 structure diagram

fig 7.3 detail section

fig 7.4 detail vignettes

fig 7.5 chunk axo

fig 7.6 physical model

fig 7.10 rooftop render

7.11 upper floor plan

>Machine Living St. Francis Dormitory<

Located adjacent to the Brooklyn waterfront, with the site in the shadows of the Brooklyn Bridge, but being owned and operated by St. Francis College, the 150 bed dormitory proposal allows for a rare opportunity to cross pollinate ideas of urban, student, and religious living contexts. The site itself contains a pre-existing building that is protected under NYC Landmark Preservation committee, but still available for use.

The final proposal of the building was intended to create dense, communal living for freshman residents, creating clustered, tower like stacks of dorm units all arrayed around shared kitchen and living spaces in their centers. Organization is based on standardized joint that creates a repeating grid structure allowing for pre fabrication, and flexible re organization and customizability due to stan dard parts. Each floor is unique in its layout, and each layout has some varying amount of density, amenities, and shared spaces allowing each space to feel personable to that small community while retaining some sense of individuality.

Due to the density of the dorm units, much of the rest of the site, including the existing building, is utilized for publicly accessible social programs that align with traditional catholic altruistic ideology, with the dorm housing a small chapel at its center, along with a food bank, needle exchange, volunteer center, and give/take library. The ground floor is left nearly untouched allowing for it to act as a public court yard space that extends itself to the busy and highly trafficked Brooklyn Bridge Park, and surrounding, heavily foot trafficked and tourist dense neighborhood.

fig 8.3 physical model

8.4 detail chunk model

fig 8.2 structure/ room aggregations

fig 8.5

plan

fig 8.6

section

>Solar Sculpting:

High Energy Building Forms<

This studio will investigated the relationship between the building shape and energy performance in a mid-rise block scale housing prototype in NYC. Resolution of the building form and surfaces including setbacks, cantilevers, cavities, and slanted faces. The eventual goal was to differentiate between ar eas of the envelope that are suitable for solar collectors, opaque cladding, shading devices, patios and openings for natural light and ventilation. My approach was to investigate staggered, overhang intensive massing strategies that combined stepping patterns along with elongated and intersecting profile extru sions to create a collection of bar building typology formations.

All decisions were guided by a desire to create distinct stepping back portions of the building mass that could focus on solar capture, and overhung portions intended to create shaded spaces and balconies that could allow for easier cross ventila tion and less energy consumption. Through constant testing and feedback through radiation analysis and various massing strategies, combined with FAR measurements, interior day lighting conditions, open space ratio, and radiation/ floor area eventually yielded more efficient block scale building masses.

The Facade portion of the project is intended to be a cage like, double skin facade structure that allows for an active outdoor balcony experience. Solar panels are arrayed along the cage in various densities that is reflective of the amount of solar radiation hitting the surface, with high amounts resulting in a high density of panels, and low amounts of radiation being lower density, allowing more light to enter in, and visibility outward. The system could be seen as a secondary shield sys tem that wraps and protects the massing at its hottest portions, and collecting more than enough energy to power the residents based on standard energy consumption rates. Bellow the pv panel façade, glazing ratios are also reflective of radiation, with the coolest and hottest portions of the building having the least amount of glazing for heat retention and heat prevention efficiency.

fig 9.1 worms eye axo

fig 9.11

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fig 9.14 massing models

fig 9.10 facade articulations radiation tests

fig 9.13 site radiation map

fig 9.15 chunk axo

fig 9.16block plans

fig 9.17 chunk axo

>LAX

With Spencer Thorton and Kyle Recker

In an attempt to both alleviate the traffic problems that plague the current lax as well as the spike in demand that will insure as the city continues to grow and air travel becomes more accessible, LAX 2100 takes an aggressive and layered approach to the cities and airports transit systems to create as seamless and linear experience as possible.

While Los Angles is currently undergoing a public transit renaissance, with 3 new metro lines currently under construction, and 3 more confirmed for the next few decades, it is unlikely that these moves toward mass transit will completely cleanse the city of its massive car reliance and car infrastructure. With this in mind the new proposed LAX attempts to create a form of hybrid infrastructure that combines the airport facilities with highway, metro, bus, and air tram infrastructure. One key inefficiency with the current LAX layout was its double layer traffic loop system that created choke points and traffic jams as employees, drop off passengers, and arrivals, all shared portions of the road system. The loop system also feed them back into the main city roads at the same point, and created tight, inefficient movement. No main public transit line or high frequency bus round also exacerbated the car reliance and traffic issues of the airport.

The main drop of and check in zone, professionally referred to as the head house, is the embodiment of this hybrid, with the formally street level Century Boulevard in Inglewood being re designed as a wide elevated highway system, with the cities recently proposed Crenshaw/ LAX metro line running along side it, for maximum accessibility by various means. The headhouse is a layered system of open air highways suspended between enclosed security and check in spaces with the main central space with the standard food court and travel shops occupying a transparent space in the center where the kinetic movement of transit is visible around you. From there a second ary train system known as the Air Tram takes travelers to their various terminals. The pick up zone and baggage claim are also completely removed from the roads system for drop off, with a similar approach, with a road system and train system directly running through it, for maximum ease and efficiency of move ment.

fig 10.1 headhouse section

terminal section

fig 10.5 headhouse interior

fig 10.6 arrival drop off zone

fig 10.7 headhouse long section

fig 10.8 baggage claim/ arrival

fig 10.9 baggage claim/ arrival

fig 10.11 baggage claim section

fig 10.10 lax aerial

fig 10.12 component axos

Variants:

Part of an ongoing series of research titled “Domestic Variants”, the purpose of this research topic is to explore potential schemes for seasonal vacation homes along the coast of Croatia in a variety of urban and topographic contexts. The houses presented are intended to be “mushroom” houses meant to have a thin foot print placed between preexisting homes in dense coastal villages, since buildable land along the coast is often limited due to the rough and steep landscape.

Formally the porotype homes are derived from a series of formal studies attempting to compensate between a traditional gable roof home profiles with the need to have a narrow, tapered mass with a top heavy form. As part of a greater series, there is a need for a heavy wall component that acts as an organization al tool, formal tool, and circulatory system for the home to be centered around. This vertical wall element was initially based on gable roof patters and standard stepping patterns but was made to have a give/take feedback loop with the earlier derived forms with both forces exerting pressure on one another and partially distort ing one another in the process, creating an opaque/ transparent relationship in the process. This research is a WIP as the study is still ongoing, acting as one of my current employment positions at Pratt.

11.1 concept diagrams

fig 11.3 wrapping diagram

fig 11.2 concept diagrams

fig 11.4 profiles diagrams

fig 11.5 profiles diagrams

fig 11.6-7 exterior circulation diagrams

renders

11.9

plans

>One Sided Minimal Surface Structure<

The One Sided Hyper Minimal Surface project is a design built multi year project part of Pratt’s Center of Ex perimental Structures (CES) entering its final stages, with a instillation date set for the Fall 21 semester (delayed due to covid). The entire roughly 11’x9’x13’ structure is composed of over 5000 individual parts that interlock and combine into 54 large scale components that further lock together to create the full structure.

The structure itself is technically a Mobius strip, with only one side, combined with the logic of minimal surface modeling to crease a complex 3D surface. The structure is constructed from water-jet cut laminated composite alumi num material through a contouring of the surface, and built through a series of custom made form work components, held together by construction strength epoxy. The project is being built by a small (5) team of graduate and undergraduate students, with consulting from some metal fabrication and installation experts.

fig 12.3 contours

fig 12.3 chunk construction

fig 12.3 assembly system diagram

fig 12.3 structure on formwork